SEC Form 8-K filed by Coherus BioSciences Inc.
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On December 2, 2024, Coherus BioSciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) by and between the Company and Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a limited company incorporated in India (“Intas”). Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to divest its UDENYCA® (pegfilgrastim-cbqv) franchise to Intas (the “Transaction”).
In connection with the Transaction, the Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on March 11, 2025 virtually via the Internet. At the close of business on January 27, 2025, the record date, there were 115,890,186 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding with each such share being entitled to one vote per share.
At the Special Meeting, 72,579,487 shares of the Company’s common stock were voted in person or by proxy for the proposal set forth below, which is described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2025.
Proposal 1. Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all issued and outstanding common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, or 57,945,094 votes FOR the proposal. The Company’s stockholders approved the Transaction, the Asset Purchase Agreement and the other transactions and ancillary documents contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement.
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FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | NON-VOTES | |||
70,989,067 | 968,989 | 621,431 | 0 | |||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 13, 2025 |
| COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Dennis M. Lanfear | ||
Name: | Dennis M. Lanfear | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||